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Renton, Wa

Bellevue, Wa

Providing technical support to a mobile telecommunications carrier.

Bellevue, Washington

Doing "Secret Squirrel" stuff at The Boeing Company, Bellevue, WA.

Greater Seattle Area And Anchorage, Alaska

Data center logistics management; Data center construction and build-out; Network documentation.

Kent, Wa

Implementation and configuration of firewalls and VPN concentrators in secure support areas at Boeing Electronics Co., in Kent, WA.

Ann Arbor, Mi

Analyzed firewall policies and procedures for premium healthcare provider; Proposed remediation.

Ann Arbor, Mi

Now a Sr. Network Engineer at Verizon Business

Now a Network Engineer at h-p Enterprise Services / GM Hosting in Auburn Hills, MI, managing Cisco 6500, 3500 series Catalyst and Nexus 5000 and 2000 using h-p OPSWare NAS and other tools.

Selection, configuration and test of network solutions for the global enterprise, including developing test plans, lab testing, integration testing, documentation and certification of hardware and OS related to network infrastructures; Cisco Systems, Inc. 3845 routers, 6500-series Ethernet switches and other Cisco equipment for evaluation and certification in the Ford Motor Company network environment; Creation of process documentation and presentation.

HP Managed Services, Inc., Dearborn, MI. Position: Network Engineer, Second-level. Duties included: Configuration and management of Cisco Systems, Inc. PIX 525E firewalls, Cisco Systems, Inc. 6509, 4505 and 3550 Catalyst switches and Cisco Systems, Inc. 3825 Terminal servers in a multiple-platform 10,000-node TCP/IP wide-area internetwork consisting of two data centers, disaster recovery center and remote network operations center; Configuration and management of H-P Proliant GLb20e blade servers; Configuration and management of F5 Networks BigIP load balancers; Configuration and management of Cisco Systems, Inc. IDS and Proventia Intrusion Detection Appliances; Provision of second-tier technical support to Defense Logistics Agency and H-P Managed Services technical personnel; Management of DLA network operations center through use of H-P OpenView Network Node Manager and ServiceDesk in an ITIL (including ICTIM) environment. Network Protocol: BGP4 distributed over OSPF.

MCI Communications, Inc., Cary, NC. Position: Sr. Implementation Engineer Duties: Remote configuration and implementation of 500+ Cisco 831 and 1721 routers and 50+ Cisco 2950 Catalyst Ethernet switches; Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of sDSL and fractional T-1 frame-relay WAN circuits; Configuration of Cisco PIX firewalls; Provision of second-level technical support to MCI field technical staff; Operation of US Postal Service Network Operations Center (NOC), Maintenance of service-provider documentation. Network Protocol: EIGRP.

GlaxoSmithKline, Inc., Research Triangle Park, Durham, NC. Position: US LAN/WAN Project Manager. Duties included: Participation in Fortune 500 multinational pharmaceutical manufacturer’s 14.2M upgrade of its shared Layer 2 to switched Layer 3, 10,000-node network consisting of 7500+ servers, desktop workstations, printers, and 2500 network elements within multiple business units and three data centers

Implementation of firewall and VPN services.

Design and implementation of high-speed digital data communications and storage solutions for the Emerging Businesses Unit within the Semiconductors Product Division.

International Network Services (INS) San Ramon, California and Bellevue, Washington. Position: Network Systems Consultant. Duties included: Network design, implementation, project management, systems management and maintenance of high-speed enterprise internetworking equipment and infrastructure, including IP routers, Layer Two and Three Ethernet, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet switches; Management of MPOE, cable plant, IDFs, voice/data circuits including T1, T3, Fiber-optic, ISDN, and PRI trunks; Consultation with and development of client partner relationships; Management of vendors and subcontractors; Business process re-engineering; Mentoring of client engineering personnel.

While employed as a consultant at INS, I was responsible for facilities maintenance and management of my client's Private Network Access Points (PNAPs) at co-location facilities in Seattle, Washington, San Jose, California, Chicago, Illinois and Boston, Massachusetts.

Network Administrator in a multiple platform, mutiple-protocol, TCP/IP internetwork; Installation, configuration and maintenance of Cisco Systems, Inc. 4000AGS+ router; Installation, configuration and maintenance of Cabletron TP-MIM and XM-MIM ethernet switches.

Implementation of TCP/IP stack on 150+ MS Windows 95 workstations.

Assistant Manager, Business Services Division (PTY) Ltd. Johannesburg, South Africa. Supported Computer Associates Microproducts Division's ACCPAC Plus Microcomputer Accounting and General Business software installed in the Novell Advanced NetWare environment in seven Southern African countries from January, 1988 until April 1990.

Provided technical support of financial accounting and general business software installed in microcomputer networks to a nationwide dealer network. Implemented and supported the internal Novell LAN and provided customer support to staff and internal sales dept.

Customer support engineer providing technical support to dealers and end-users of BYTCOM 212AD intelligent modem.

Daily operation of data center;